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Status

Success

Dror-1

Launch Time
Sun Jul 13, 2025 05:04 UTC

SpaceX identifies the mission as "Commercial GTO 1".

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5
Image Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $69.75 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN
Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 70.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Vehicles

Just Read the Instructions

B1083

Flight #13
33 day turnaround
491st Falcon recovery attempt
476th successful Falcon recovery
59th consecutive successful Falcon recovery
133rd consecutive successful Falcon landing

Mission Details

Dror-1

AKA PR-8000

Dror-1 is a geostationary communication satellite built and developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). It is intended to meet the satellite communication needs of Israel for the next 15 years. Dror-1 is comprised primarily of local Israeli technologies developed at IAI, including an advanced digital communication payload and “smartphone in space” capabilities, to provide communication agility throughout the satellite’s lifetime in space.

Manufacturer: Israel Aerospace Industries
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 4,500.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2025

151st orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

528th mission
88th mission of 2025
516th successful mission
22nd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

503rd mission
85th mission of 2025
499th successful mission
148th consecutive successful mission